diff --git a/graphics/colord/Makefile b/graphics/colord/Makefile
index f8cca8403ebc..cf0db17a155d 100644
--- a/graphics/colord/Makefile
+++ b/graphics/colord/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 PORTNAME=	colord
 PORTVERSION=	1.3.5
+PORTREVISION=	1
 CATEGORIES=	graphics
 MASTER_SITES=	https://www.freedesktop.org/software/colord/releases/
 
@@ -40,12 +41,18 @@ INSTALL_TARGET=	install-strip
 GLIB_SCHEMAS=	org.freedesktop.ColorHelper.gschema.xml
 
 OPTIONS_SUB=	yes
-OPTIONS_DEFINE=	MANPAGES PPROFILES
+OPTIONS_DEFINE=	MANPAGES PPROFILES VALA
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT=VALA
 
-MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=	docbook2html:textproc/docbook-utils \
-			docbook-sgml>0:textproc/docbook-sgml
-PPROFILES_DESC=		Build extra print profiles (long build time)
+PPROFILES_DESC=	Build extra print profiles (long build time)
+VALA_DESC=	Build Vala language bindings
+
+MANPAGES_BUILD_DEPENDS=		docbook2html:textproc/docbook-utils \
+				docbook-sgml>0:textproc/docbook-sgml
 PPROFILES_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=	print-profiles
+VALA_CONFIGURE_ENABLE=		vala
+VALA_BUILD_DEPENDS=		vapigen:lang/vala
+MAKE_ENV=		PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
 
 .include <bsd.port.options.mk>
 
diff --git a/graphics/colord/pkg-plist b/graphics/colord/pkg-plist
index 15d0129f0457..71a98d4399ee 100644
--- a/graphics/colord/pkg-plist
+++ b/graphics/colord/pkg-plist
@@ -201,5 +201,6 @@ share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/colord.mo
 share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/colord.mo
 share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/colord.mo
 share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.color.policy
+%%VALA%%share/vala/vapi/colord.vapi
 @dir(colord,colord,0755) /var/db/colord/icc
 @dir(colord,colord,0755) /var/db/colord